Relationships Between Shots

The scene shows a medium shot of Mickey opening the door getting ready to leave, but closes the door because he forgot his hat. As he does so the camera quickly cuts to Rocky. We can tell that both actors are close by each other but the camera only focuses on one person at a time. Rocky was upset at him and thought he had left and comes out, he sees that he is still there and closes back his door ignoring him. The camera cuts just as quickly back to Mickey. Now the camera uses the rule of thirds and a close up to show Mickey's emotion of sadness in this cut by focusing on him as he turns to leave for good. The relationship of sound to these shots is that a sad song is playing throughout. The images all have a sort of saddened tone to them. The shots are organized so that the viewer is shown a depressing altercation between two people. The color of the shots is dull and soft so as to not disturb the mood set in the beginning. And there is very little movement in the shots. It depends if there is a right place to cut or not, as long as what you are trying to portray in each shot gets its point across the shot should be cut properly. The cuts are not seamless but they are effective. Towards the end of the clip there is a Long shot of Mickey exiting the building and walking down the street and the camera keeps the long shot going throughout. Then Rocky runs up to catch up to Mickey(long shot still intact) and the music gently picks up a happier melody and you cannot hear either of them talking but the shot lets the viewer know that Rocky apologized and they had made up.